Lisa Cressman

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Stewardship of Time: Preaching on the One Thing We're Embarrassed to Have More Of

Lisa Cressman

October 2, 2023

Spirituality

Stewardship of Time: Preaching on the One Thing We're Embarrassed to Have More Of

Most resources we guard and amass as precious stones: money, skill, assets. But there’s one resource we give away as though its scarcity were a badge of honor…

Lisa Cressman

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2 False Premises When Preaching a Stewardship of Time—and One Question to Ask Instead

Lisa Cressman

September 4, 2018

Spirituality

2 False Premises When Preaching a Stewardship of Time—and One Question to Ask Instead

When preaching on the stewardship of time, it can be tempting to preach either scarcity or sentimentality. Neither helps our parishioners. There is one question, however, that can.

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Stewardship of Time: Preaching on the One Thing We're Embarrassed to Have More Of

2 False Premises When Preaching a Stewardship of Time—and One Question to Ask Instead

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